Find Your Place. Grow Your Purpose. Serve Your Neighborhood.
Everyone has something meaningful to contribute. Explore opportunities that align with your interests, abilities and availability, and discover how you can serve alongside FAMA.
Ways to Serve
Five service areas across FAMA — each with authorized opportunities from the official registry.
Education
Mentor, tutor, and support learners of every age in your neighborhood.
Environment
Care for green spaces, gardens, and the places that make neighborhoods thrive.
Social Services
Walk alongside neighbors through care calls, visits, and personal support.
Community
Build awareness, host gatherings, and connect neighbors to one another.
Organization Support
Keep the systems, logistics, and records that make service possible.
Discover Your Strengths
Each Garden Model personality represents a different way of serving — and all four are equally valuable and complementary.
The Seed Planter
The Connector
Relationships, communication, encouragement, creativity, introducing opportunities, and inspiring involvement.
The Cultivator
The Caregiver
Compassion, meaningful relationships, encouragement, personal care, and helping individuals grow.
The Harvester
The Mobilizer
Achievement, leadership, meaningful action, progress, and producing measurable results.
The Groundskeeper
The Organizer
Structure, order, preparation, stewardship, quality, dependability, and long-term sustainability.
Your Volunteer Journey
From sharing your interests to tracking verified service — here's how serving with FAMA works.
- 1
Share your interests
Tell us the service you're drawn to.
- 2
Discover your strengths
Take the Garden Model assessment.
- 3
Explore opportunities
Browse FAMA's authorized registry.
- 4
Complete assignment requirements
Finish Form 2 onboarding for a specific assignment.
- 5
Receive authorization
FAMA verifies qualifications and approves you to serve.
- 6
Serve your neighborhood
Begin your authorized assignment.
- 7
Track verified service
Check in, check out, and record verified service time.
Your Volunteer Dashboard
Create a free volunteer account or take Discover Your Strengths to unlock your personal dashboard — assessment status, saved opportunities, recommendations, assignment onboarding, and verified service history.
Together, We're Growing Stronger Neighborhoods.
Find a way to serve that fits your strengths, your schedule, and your neighborhood.